Maiden Flight

Kuaizhou-11 failed on its maiden flight from Jiuquan when the third stage failed to ignite, destroying its two satellites, including the Jilin-1 video-imaging satellite built for Chinese video platform Bilibili.

Outcome

Failure

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

Did not reach orbit

Flight

1st

of 7 Kuaizhou 11 flights

Date and time

10 July 2020, 04:17 UTC

Rocket

Kuaizhou 11

Builder

ExPace

Launch site

Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Test Flight

Launches in 2020

51st of 114